Why is the USA so far behind in health care?

The USA is highly advanced in medical research. So the newest techniques are available in the USA, if you can afford them. However, it's remarkably poor at health care delivery, considering how rich it is. A nation as wealthy as the USA should hav... read more

(1) Short answer: Assumption: The US is a world leader in Medicine and Healthcare. Think Johns Hopkins, Sloan Kettering, Mayo Clinic. I assume this question is with respect to the realm of Public Healthcare. read more

A more than 400 page recent report from The National Research Council and The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (“U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health”) finds that children, men, and women all have shorter life expectancies in the United States than in Japan, Canada, Australia, and 13 European countries. read more